And the hits just keep on coming
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Now today, the holy day of days, my last sunday here in OC(and yes, it might be my actual LAST one... read on). But before I get to the nastiness, we'll delve into the more pleasant notes. After church today, we all met at Andrea's house, just to hang out before everyone disperses. So we played a whole bunch of MENSA riddles and logic problems... quite boring by my standards. Now for the nightcap, Esther and the rest of the Tsai clan came over for dinner. And it was a lot of fun. The kids watched movies while the adults talked (I'm still a kid). We watched Indiana Jones first, then I introduced Esther to the wonderful world of "The Mummy". And to say that she liked it would be an understatement.

Now, after they had left, my mom went to a hissy fit. She just went hysterical. Yelling at me, telling me that she never wanted to see me again, glad to see I'm going.... yadda yadda... I know she doesn't mean it, but I don't and can't understand my mother sometimes.

The Big Presentation and the Changing of the Guard
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I hate beginning blogs. I always just want to write how I talk. And if I did that, every sentence or thought would begin with "so..." or "anyways..." And that'd just be horrible writing. So you'll find neither... wait... dammit... did it again. Anyw... ARGH... Well, okay, I've had it, today isn't my bad day. "Well..." is another one of my common paragraph starters.

Enough of a side-track. Back to business. The last two days have consisted of me frantically trying to put together my presentation for Dr. Wong and Luke Christian Medical Mission (LCMM for short). My presentation was on change, the dying of the old self and becoming a new being (whether this is in Christ or not). We used the illustration of an acorn and having to break the shell and shed the skin before it can germinate. And then I used some of what I learned in my social psychology class taught by Dr. Jellison. So why did Winston have me make this presentation? I think Winston is an instigator, a person who adds fuel to the fire. He is an activist and wants to see drastic changes in both LCMM and Medical Services Incorporated. MSI is the medical arm of OMF - Overseas Missionary Foundation? something like that... OMF is built on the legacy of one Hudson Taylor. The man is a legend, one of the most prominent missionaries in modernity. He opened up China to Christianity. I guess my salvation is in some way indebted to him, but at the same time, I believe there has developed a cult of celebrity and hero worship. (Did you know that the Taiwanese, who are big on idol worship, now worship Chiang Kai-Shek? Who was a Christian himself) And I think Winston is out to break this mold. OMF and MSI are becoming dinosaurs in the modern age of evangelism. Their sole source of support is from donations and not from fund-raising... by faith is all that the Taylor legacy allows. No begging, no solicitation. God will provide. I don't know if I agree with Winston or the other side, but this I do believe, that the younger generation of doctors need to start stepping up to the plate. I think I am called to be a connector for the older generation and the new. I want to be a servant in that respect and enlist the latest generation of doctors to serve as missionaries. I don't know how much I'll keep this pledge up, but I believe with persistence and prayer, I should be able to get it done.

t- 3 days...